editing

Using green screen techniques, students will produce short videos exploring the theme “I Am,” or “We Are”. Students will learn the basics of setting up a green screen, lighting, shooting and the post-production process of working with green screen footage.

Rebuilt from the bottom up and priced for a broader market, Apple’s Final Cut Pro X represents a marked departure from Final Cut Pro 7. From the importing of media through the editing phase and to the final output, this workshop will introduce you to FCP X’s revamped workflow, which uses “storylines” as opposed to FCP 7’s tracks. You will also learn how to make effective use of FCP X’s most powerful features, including titling, basic effects, transitions, and newly integrated elements of Apple Color and Soundtrack Pro.

Premiere Pro works on both PC and MAC systems. Through hands-on exercises, this workshop will teach students how to import, manage, and encode media; efficiently navigate Premiere’s workflow; and make use of editing tools for effects and transitions. Students will also learn how to encode projects for distribution via web, disc and mobile devices.

Focusing on the documentary/non-fiction form, the three sessions will offer theoretical, practical and aesthetic approaches to the edit. We will investigate ways to ‘find’ and refine story, how to organize for the edit, and hands-on techniques for structuring and crafting a piece. The overarching focus will be on how you can question your material to find a way through the edit. The last session will allow participants to show short scenes from their in-progress work for discussion.